Pete
Encyclopedia
Pete is a diminutive from Peter. It may refer to:
Athletics
- The Pete, Petersen Events Center, athletics complex and basketball arena on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh
- Pete the Penguin, mascot of Youngstown State UniversityYoungstown State UniversityYoungstown State University, founded in 1908, is an urban research university located in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. As of fall 2010, there were 15,194 students and a student-faculty ratio of 19:1. It is recognized as being one of the premier schools in the country, comparable to Ivy League...
- Purdue Pete, bookstore logo turned unofficial mascot of the Purdue Boilermakers
Fiction
- Pete (Disney character), an animated cat and Mickey MouseMickey MouseMickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio. Mickey is an anthropomorphic black mouse and typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves...
's rival in DisneyThe Walt Disney CompanyThe Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
media. - Pete Wisdom, a character from Marvel Comics
- Pete, a character in the Animal Crossing video game series
- Pete the PupPete the PupPete the Pup was a Pit Bull character in Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies during the 1920s and 1930s...
, from the Our Gang series of comedies - The Adventures of Pete & PeteThe Adventures of Pete & PeteThe Adventures of Pete & Pete is an American children's television series produced by Wellsville Pictures and broadcast by Nickelodeon. The show featured humorous and surreal elements in its narrative, and many recurring themes centered on two brothers both named Pete Wrigley, and their various...
, American television series - "Pete" (Red Dwarf), two-part story
- Pete, a character in the movie Shaun of the DeadShaun of the DeadShaun of the Dead is a 2004 British zombie comedy directed by Edgar Wright, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and written by Pegg and Wright. Pegg plays Shaun, a man attempting to get some kind of focus in his life as he deals with his girlfriend, his mother and stepfather...
People
- Pete Hawley, American drummer
- Pete TownshendPete TownshendPeter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...
, English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author
Places
- Pete, Zanzibar, a village in Tanzania
- Pete, the Hungarian name for Petea village, DorolţDoroltDorolţ is a commune with 3,368 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Atea, Dara, Dorolţ and Petea.-Demographics:Ethnic groups :*Hungarians: *Romanians:...
Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania
Transport
, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918- Pete, Allied reporting name for the Mitsubishi F1MMitsubishi F1M-See also:-Bibliography:* Francillon, R.J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London:Putnam, 1970. ISBN 370 00033 1.* Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Six: Floatplanes. London: Macdonald & Co., Ltd., 1962....
seaplane - Pete, nickname for PeterbiltPeterbiltPeterbilt Motors Company is an American manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty Class 5 through Class 8 trucks headquartered in Denton, Texas. Founded in 1939 Peterbilt operates manufacturing facilities in Denton, Texas , and Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec...
trucks in the trucking industry
Other uses
- PETE, an abbreviation of polyethylene terephthalatePolyethylene terephthalatePolyethylene terephthalate , commonly abbreviated PET, PETE, or the obsolete PETP or PET-P, is a thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in synthetic fibers; beverage, food and other liquid containers; thermoforming applications; and engineering resins often in combination...
, a polymer - Power PetePower PetePower Pete is a computer game developed by Pangea Software and published by the Interplay Entertainment Corporation under the MacPlay brand name. It was released in 1995 and packaged with Mac OS 7 on new Macintosh Performa computers. It is a third-person shooter game with a single camera angle...
, video game - The Pete CollectiveThe Pete CollectiveThe Pete Collective was an online phenomenon created by UK based Pete Trainor in 2005 to trap namesakes & inspire 'an unnecessary world record gathering of people called Peter'....
, a world record gathering of people called Pete
See also
, including many people with the forename Pete- PeatPeatPeat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter or histosol. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests. Peat is harvested as an important source of fuel in certain parts of the world...
, an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter - Peet (disambiguation)